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...that's what I said.

And what university have you ever heard of doesn't try to make money apart from tuition? Universities are assuredly trying to make money, to fund their academic business. So long as they follow the law, I don't care how they make their money. In fact, I'd like to see them manage their endowment more like a corporation. The city benefits the most that way.
 
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I can't even imagine Allston/Brighton with all the BU and BC students living on campus. I'd feel like I was in an alternate universe.
 
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I might be able to visit and take pictures of the building next week
 
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Justin7 said:
I can't even imagine Allston/Brighton with all the BU and BC students living on campus. I'd feel like I was in an alternate universe.

The hipsters would still be there to give it a college-y feel. But yeah, it'd be a universe with only three kinds of people: hipsters, Chinese, and Brazilians.
 
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Really, though, when I think of academic excellence, BU doesn't come to mind. I'd think of UMass before BU. Maybe it just hasn't been in the news enough.

I feel insulted.

...that's what I said.

And what university have you ever heard of doesn't try to make money apart from tuition? Universities are assuredly trying to make money, to fund their academic business. So long as they follow the law, I don't care how they make their money. In fact, I'd like to see them manage their endowment more like a corporation. The city benefits the most that way.

BU practice quite alot of that already and laws can have loopholes. They could follow it and still take actions that is not beneficial for the students, faculty, or the city.

The hipsters would still be there to give it a college-y feel. But yeah, it'd be a universe with only three kinds of people: hipsters, Chinese, and Brazilians.


Unless BU and BC make it mandatory for students to live on campus, Allston/Brighton will always have a college student population. There will always be students who want to live off-campus for one reason or another.
 
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Inside too?from the top? That would be great ! looking forward to ur pix's!

Yeah, the lobby and study lounge. My camera isnt that great though, so they wont be the best pictures.
 
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From US NEWS:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/search/title+Boston University

They rank the schools as one of the following:
-Top Schools
-Tier 3
-Tier 4
-Unranked

BU is a "Top Tier" and UMass Boston is a "Tier 4"

Costs 2008 Total enrollment Acceptance rate Compare
Fall 2008
Boston University Boston, MA
09/10 Tuition and Fees
$38,440 31,766 54.3%

University of Massachusetts--Boston Boston, MA
09/10 In-state: $10,611; 14,117 63.0%
Out-of-state: $22,151
 
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Unless BU and BC make it mandatory for students to live on campus, Allston/Brighton will always have a college student population. There will always be students who want to live off-campus for one reason or another.

BC is pretty close to doing that. It's a negotiation chip they're using to get their master plan built out.
 
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Was Kennedy referring to UMass Boston or UMass Amherst? When someone says UMass, I usually assume they mean Amherst, since it's the flagship campus.

From US NEWS, UMass Amherst is "Tier 1" or "Top Tier", same as BU (BU does rank higher though)
Fall 2008 Acceptance Rate: 64.3%
2009-2010 In-state: $11,732; Out-of-state: $19,956
 
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The US New rankings are subjective. That being said, I was curious how they rank local schools nationally and compiled the list:

1) Harvard University
4) MIT
11) Dartmouth
16) Brown
28) Tufts
34) BC
56) BU
66) UConn
68) WPI
80) Northeastern
88) UVM
106) UMASS Amherst
110) UNH
 
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The US News' rankings are subjective.
As a matter of fact, they pretend to mathematical objectivity (see their published criteria).

They would probably be at least as trustworthy if they were subjective (maybe more).
 
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I'm surprised at how much NEU jumped. From 96 to 80? NEU was slowly edging up, going up 1 or 2 places per year until now.
 
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Adding a massive amount of on campus housing and increasing the selectivity of the admissions process, while concurrently increasing student retention and graduation rates, equals a big bump in one year.
 
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BU is hurt by its high admission rate. If it were more selective, it would jump a good 5 spots I think.
 
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They're at least partly subjective in terms of their formal methodology. One of the data points are other university faculties' ranking of an institution.

Of course, the very choice of criteria and their weighting is wholly subjective as well.
 
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Are Emerson, Brandeis, Wellesley, Clark, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst College, Hampshire, or Williams anywhere on the USNews list?
 
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Brandeis is 31 and Clark is 88. *

The other school are liberal arts and because of their size and different aim, they are ranked in a separate category. I'm not looking at all of them, but Amherst is #2 and Williams is #1.


My opinion is BU is hurt the most by it relatively small endowment to number of students. It makes them take cost cutting actions they would if their endowment was larger. Ironically, past cost cutting actions is what caused the low giving rate that created this current state that is alienating more students. Though recent the administration has taken action that is unnecessary and will definitely alienate future giving.

*edit: I screwed up on rankings
 
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When I entered college in 1969, Northeastern and BU each had 15.000 full time students. Today, Northeastern has 19,000 full time students and BU has 26.000 full time students, according to their websites.

Why did BU grow so much? If they had stayed at 15,000 students or grown modestly like Northeastern, imagine how selective they would be. By growing so much, they hurt their selectivity. Northeastern has a much lower acceptance rate than BU. Granted, many applicants still think of NU as a safety school, and many are surprised to get a rejection letter.
 
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From what I know, BU have about an average 4000 undergrad for each class. Making about 16,000. The other 10,000 are grad students.
 

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